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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J Bridges, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Ernest G Burkhardt, Wall, NJ (US);
Larry A Coldren, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Thomas L Koch, Middletown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; B44C / ; C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156643 ; 156646 ; 156647 ; 156649 ; 156652 ; 1566591 ; 156662 ; 357 16 ; 357 17 ; 357 30 ; 357 56 ; 372 45 ; 437126 ; 437129 ; 437228 ;
Abstract
Epitaxial regrowth by vapor phase epitaxy of controlled composition semiconductor material in and around undercut regions of a processed heterostructure wafer permits formation of a ridge waveguide capable of active or passive operation. Subsequent material selective and crystallographically preferential etching is employed to form mirror facets on each end of the ridge waveguide.